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the storm dropped plenty of water, but the napa river never flooded. it was projected to rise a foot. county officials credit a flood control project with keeping things under control. a few businesses had sandbags ready, but it turned out they weren't needed. the flood warning has also been canceled on the russian river. abc7 news reporter thomas roman has that part of the story. >> reporter: angie is cleaning up in front of her home. today's rain and rising russian river came up to her garage door. >> it came all the way up to the edge of the garage and it only went in there when the people would drive by with their truck. >> they lived here for 22 years. she built this house with the main living quarters 20 feet above the street level because the river floods so often. she says at one point her daughter used this kayak to help a neighbor out of his flooded home. anthony white who lives up the street showed us how high it was on his shin. he said he was ready to get his family out as the water was rising. >> we were definitely ready to get out of her
the storm dropped plenty of water, but the napa river never flooded. it was projected to rise a foot. county officials credit a flood control project with keeping things under control. a few businesses had sandbags ready, but it turned out they weren't needed. the flood warning has also been canceled on the russian river. abc7 news reporter thomas roman has that part of the story. >> reporter: angie is cleaning up in front of her home. today's rain and rising russian river came up to her...
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right now the napa river is reaching is highest level in downtown napa. john alston is at veterans memorial park. reporter: napa river is expected to reach its peak level between now and 6:00. however, no flooding is expected in the city of napa. officials and residents are crediting a flood project that is still underway. the sign says flooded, and the vons memorial park was supposed to be closed to the public at a precaution, but that didn't stop people from bellying up to the railing to see the swollen napa river for themselves. it's big, the river project seems to be working. i was a big skeptic, but i think it's doing its job. reporter: upstream, about five miles north of town, some residents were no so leisurely as they watched the current rise. kohl is where the napa river is expected to go a foot aboveed in stage. >> could get wet on the property. i 1/2 natural drainage that runs threw the vineyards and the creek. hopefully i'll stay dry. >> in rutherford we found portions of vineyard underwater. erosion is a concern for grape growers. along main
right now the napa river is reaching is highest level in downtown napa. john alston is at veterans memorial park. reporter: napa river is expected to reach its peak level between now and 6:00. however, no flooding is expected in the city of napa. officials and residents are crediting a flood project that is still underway. the sign says flooded, and the vons memorial park was supposed to be closed to the public at a precaution, but that didn't stop people from bellying up to the railing to see...
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the storm dropped plenty of water, but the napa river never flooded. it was projected to rise a foot. county officials credit a flood control project with keeping things under control. a few businesses had sandbags ready, but it turned out they weren't needed. the flood warning has also been canceled on the russian river. abc7 news reporter thomas roman has that part of the story. >> reporter: angie is cleaning up in front of her home. today's rain and rising russian river came up to her garage door. >> it came all the way up to the edge of the garage and it only went in there when the people would drive by with their truck. >> they lived here for 22 years. she built this house with the main living quarters 20 feet above the street level because the river floods so often. she says at one point her daughter used this kayak to help a neighbor out of his flooded home. anthony white who lives up the street showed us how high it was on his shin. he said he was ready to get his family out as the water was rising. >> we were definitely ready to get out of her
the storm dropped plenty of water, but the napa river never flooded. it was projected to rise a foot. county officials credit a flood control project with keeping things under control. a few businesses had sandbags ready, but it turned out they weren't needed. the flood warning has also been canceled on the russian river. abc7 news reporter thomas roman has that part of the story. >> reporter: angie is cleaning up in front of her home. today's rain and rising russian river came up to her...
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john alston has the story from napa. >> napa river reached the people before 6:00 p.m. tonight. it stayed within the banks and nobody was flooded. officials and residents give credit to the recent flood control budget. >> i'm glad they engineered it correctly and it's working. >> it seems to be working. i was a big skeptic, yeah, think it's doing the job. >> the napa river was expected to grow a foot above flood stage which is five miles north of downtown. it's mainly an agricultural area with few homes nearby. >> it's wet around the property. i have a natural drainage swell over the vineyards. hopefully i'll stay dry. >> we are were expecting more rainfall. we had two inches in napa and they were calling from three to seven. just waited nature works. sometimes she works and sometimes not. >> sandbags were not needed. >> we came in this morning. they said, hey, we're not sure what is going to happen. that is what we did. >> as the weather front passes, all the flood watches and warnings in effect today have now been cancelled. in napa, john alston, abc7 news. >> we get a little
john alston has the story from napa. >> napa river reached the people before 6:00 p.m. tonight. it stayed within the banks and nobody was flooded. officials and residents give credit to the recent flood control budget. >> i'm glad they engineered it correctly and it's working. >> it seems to be working. i was a big skeptic, yeah, think it's doing the job. >> the napa river was expected to grow a foot above flood stage which is five miles north of downtown. it's mainly an...
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one bright spot we saw in a gloomy day here in napa. when the tree fell down, the drivers kept pulling over to help clear it out of the roadway. after the man who was almost hit by it, he says he is headed tout buy a lottery ticket. >> thank you. and cecilia called the newsroom when that tree fell. right in front of the car today. glad she is okay too. ginger zee on the set tonight. these totals are staggering. >> they are. we expected a five day total to reach some where from 15 to 20 inches and it did. look at this. petrolia, california, 17.5 inches. other spots in northern california, 14. o'brien, oregon, just over a foot. it's not quite done as far as the flooding. because the rain stopped, you can have rivers swell. flood watches and warnings still in place through tomorrow. still another inch of two, doesn't have the bite but not something they need. >> bad timing, the fourth storm. another major headline tonight, the record warmth. >> houston and dallas, record highs today, and again tomorrow. atlanta and memphis a touch of a rec
one bright spot we saw in a gloomy day here in napa. when the tree fell down, the drivers kept pulling over to help clear it out of the roadway. after the man who was almost hit by it, he says he is headed tout buy a lottery ticket. >> thank you. and cecilia called the newsroom when that tree fell. right in front of the car today. glad she is okay too. ginger zee on the set tonight. these totals are staggering. >> they are. we expected a five day total to reach some where from 15 to...
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across napa valley, incredible flooding there. the napa valley seeing some of its worst rainfall in years. look at these numbers. petrolia, california, over 17 inches. bridgeville, 15 inches. that's an incredible amount of rain. to see that much rainfall is truly remarkable. we are seeing more in the way of rainfall across seattle and portland it has stopped for today in the san francisco area. some of the rainfall yesterday fell in the form of snow, snow levels at about 5,000 feet. i suppose it could have been worse. elsewhere, looking at a foggy travel across the lower great lakes. we'll talk more about that in the next half hour. guys, back up to you. >> rob marciano, thank you. >>> as each day ticks by, the nation edges closer to going over the fiscal cliff. democrats and republicans cannot agree how to raise revenue and cut spending. on january 1st, as many of you know, taxes go up and doeep spending cuts take effect. the sunday talk shows reflect how far apart they are what we will not do is extend those tax cut force the we
across napa valley, incredible flooding there. the napa valley seeing some of its worst rainfall in years. look at these numbers. petrolia, california, over 17 inches. bridgeville, 15 inches. that's an incredible amount of rain. to see that much rainfall is truly remarkable. we are seeing more in the way of rainfall across seattle and portland it has stopped for today in the san francisco area. some of the rainfall yesterday fell in the form of snow, snow levels at about 5,000 feet. i suppose...
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napa valley tremendous rainfall there. napa river up and over its floodbanks. the sacramento river also in flood stage. in some cases, almost a foot and a half of rainfall in this five-day period. raining right now in seattle to portland. not raining right now in sacramento and san francisco. but that will likely change as we get through tomorrow, at least tonight into tomorrow. yesterday, punch was pretty strong and you saw the damage from that. our next system about to come in. it will start in the pacific northwest tonight and tomorrow morning and eventually drift down to the south. shouldn't be as strong as far as wind and rain like what we saw the past three. also big issue with fog this morning across the great lakes, down across the southeast. very, very warm from across the eastern sector of the u.s., and with that comes a little bit of fog. >> that's so unusual for california, isn't it? a lot of times reporting there. in that area like that to that degree. thank you for the update. >>> congress heads back to work this morning as the clock is ticking do
napa valley tremendous rainfall there. napa river up and over its floodbanks. the sacramento river also in flood stage. in some cases, almost a foot and a half of rainfall in this five-day period. raining right now in seattle to portland. not raining right now in sacramento and san francisco. but that will likely change as we get through tomorrow, at least tonight into tomorrow. yesterday, punch was pretty strong and you saw the damage from that. our next system about to come in. it will start...
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. >>> ciudades como napa estaban amenazadas por inundaciones, pero los residentes se habían preparado, de todos modos, varias zonas quedaron cubiertas por el agua y del mismo modo se puede ver que las represas están al tope. >>> los meteorólogos dicen que la tormenta más fuerte fue la del domingo ,pero advierten que en la mitad de semana habrá otra tormenta. >>> maría eugenia payán, cuáles son las zonas con más precaución. >>> el mayor riesgo está para las comunidades cercanas a ríos como el napa, porque aún está presente lo sucedido en el 2005 cuando el napa se desbordó, además hay muchos daños a los sembradíos de viñedos. >>> sí, ojalá que los residentes se preparen para el siguiente azote y que no sea tan severo. >>> y enrique peña nieto se estrenó con tono conciliador y a ritmo de cambio, y firmó un pacto para sacar adelante al economía nacional, el denominado pacto de méxico, establece someter propuestas antes de someterlas a debate en el congreso. >>> el crecimiento económico, el empleo y la competitividad, el objetivo es generar las condiciones para qu
. >>> ciudades como napa estaban amenazadas por inundaciones, pero los residentes se habían preparado, de todos modos, varias zonas quedaron cubiertas por el agua y del mismo modo se puede ver que las represas están al tope. >>> los meteorólogos dicen que la tormenta más fuerte fue la del domingo ,pero advierten que en la mitad de semana habrá otra tormenta. >>> maría eugenia payán, cuáles son las zonas con más precaución. >>> el mayor riesgo está...